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Breakpoint

Are We Too Political?

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Christianity, News Commentary, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Confidence in the Lord should give Christians the right balance of political engagement.

What Would You Say? - Churches Shouldn't Get Involved with Political Issues

Breakpoint Forum: Should Christians Get Political?

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What can a break point, a daily look and an ever-changing culture through the lens of

0:36.5

unchanging truth.

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For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

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Presidential elections are often treated as the pinnacle of

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Democratic engagement in American civic duty.

0:46.7

Historically, voter turnout during presidential election years is about one and a half

0:51.0

times or about 60% of eligible voters, that of midterm election years, which is usually

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total only around 40% of eligible voters.

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In recent years, voter turnout has reached record highs for both presidential and midterm

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election years.

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And I suspect that the more that Americans trend towards relying on the government to solve their

1:10.8

problems and provide for their needs while simultaneously

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distrusting the other side to do so, well these numbers are just likely to grow even more.

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